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I saw a new one that I thought it was cleaver There are some birds lining up waiting to get into a garden where there are loads of bird tables (like a restaurant) where birds are sitting two birds to a table where they are all eating some premium bird seed

Yeah they do come out a bit rubbery when done in the microwave

Yes you can put them in a microwavable bowl/jug scramble them up add seasoning to taste pop them in the m'wave and watch them you have to keep stopping and stirring they really puff up so you do need to watch them I would keep stopping and stirring until they look ready

I am feeling a bit left out I have only ever found bookmarks in books that I have recieved as swaps which I assume were put in the book as part of the swap. oh and a boogie that someone had kindly left in a library book once - which was nice

I though The Turn of the Screw was pointless and I am in no hurry to read anything else of his.

Mine too. I had set myself the goal of reading 52 books this year and I have managed 49 so far so thought I could relax a bit trouble is I seem to have just plain old stopped reading

Harry Potter I think you are more likely to want to re-read HP than TB so the sooner you read it the better in my opinion

my own experience I read the first one as an adult just to see what the fuss was about. This was just before the 5th book was due out. I then quickly read all the others in time for the 5th ones coming out. My Sister and Brother in law have just been asked by my nephew if they will read HP to him and neither of them were that keen to start with and now they fight over who gets to read them as they are both gripped. My brother in law as a rule doesn't read my sister does read but she doesn't do si-fi. my verdict is give them a go.

Only recently started reading Agatha Christie and now five books down I am wondering why I never read her before I could be re-reading thm by now had I realised I would enjoy them so much Evil Under the Sun I decided to start with a Poirot as I had never watched any on tv so but not long after starting reading this one I soon realised I had actually seen this one . I remembered how it was done but I couldn't remember who done it and I accussed the wrong person throughout. I also found that poirot isn't nearly as annoying as I had thought he would be. 4:50 From Paddington A Miss Marple that I knew I had watched on tv but did't remember who did it until that character appeared in the book. Still really enjoyed reading it and had forgotten many of the details along the way. Death on the Nile Another Poirot. I found this one a bit harder to get to grips with as wasn't familiar with it from the screen so it took a while remembering the characters in it. I pointed the finger of blame at everyone apart from who actually did it. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was so excited when this appeared in the book group section as really wanted to read another AC (I am trying not to read them so close togheter as I don't want to get bored of them but its really hard not to pick up another) and I actually worked out who did early on but saying that I wouldn't have been at all surprised if my theory turned out to be wrong its so well written that it really could have been anyone. And Then There Were None I really ejoyed reading this one but now I have finished I am not really sure what to make of it. I didn't bother trying to work out who did it as I knew I would just end up blaming everyone including people who aren't even in the book. It certainly was different to the others I have read. I am now determind to read all her books I have printed off a list to tick them off as I go. I will chose the next few by picking out random ones at the library.

I got 12/15 I'm impressed with that

Welcome Don't worry about your English. It is my first (and only) language and my grammar and spelling are both awful.

He’s a poor boy from a poor family, but then he finds a golden ticket to the chocolate factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl

It had the opposite effect with me. I thought it was a waste of time and that I had either missed the point and it was actually telling us something that I didn't pick up on or it was just to add a piece of everyday-ness into the book.

I have just finished Gypsy Boy on the Run – Mikey Walsh and now realise that this is actually his second book. Has anyone read both of them ? Are they very similar ? I can imagine that they cover a lot of the same ground and don't know that I really want to read the first one but if someone was to highly recommend it then I probably would.

I think thats the beauty of Christies writing in that I could be anyone. I also think if you were to re-read any of her books years after you first read them you would probably still suspect all the same people again even though you should remember who did it. My only complaint with AC books so far is that she always introduces so many characters early on that I have to keep pen and paper beside me to make little notes to remind me who is who and how they are connected. I have just started "And Then There Were None" and I am already confused with all the people.

Ah but if you were a detective you would also be able to see his body language. The book being told from his point of view was so you could only see his way of thinking which was deflect any suspicions away from him.

Its interesting that you should say that as I have only ever seen bits of Poirot so can easily conjure up my own image of him and my Poirot is much smaller and mole like that David Suchet - I think when I have read a few more I will have to get some Poirot's to watch. I have the opposite problem with Miss Marple though as I have probably watched all of those at some point or other.

I nearly said Poirot but then thought well he has to appear in it as its his book and overall he wasn't actually in it that much. In the first part of the book I was wondering if he was ever going to turn up.

1- Who was your favourite character? Caroline. I think I liked her because she was more realistic as a person I would meet in everyday life. 2- Was there a particular part you enjoyed more than the rest I liked Poirot’s sneakiness and his ability to read people to know how to act around them and ask the right questions to get the information he needed. 3- Was this the first book you've read in this genre/by this author/has it encouraged you to read more? This was my fourth Agatha Christie I have enjoyed all of them so I will definitely read more. 4- Were there any parts/ideas you struggled with? I did stop paying attention in various parts and lost track of who was and who wasn’t in the summer house etc but nothing that stopped me following the story 5- What were your thoughts about Poirot? see above (2.) 6- Did you work out whodunnit, who was on your suspect list? I am going to be a bit smug here. In the second chapter I occurred to me that the book was written from Dr Sheppards point of view, so I thought then that there must be a reason for this and that there can only be one explanation and that he himself was the murderer. I then went to read on with this in mind and thought that it was odd that he walked to dinner with his Dr’s bag in case he got called to a patient, that he would presumably have to walk to, but drove back to the house in his car when he knew this “patient” was dead, seems to have got his priorities a bit wrong there. I was keen to find out who exactly made that phone call. 8- Do you feel justice was done? No, I agree with comments above 9- Overall was reading the book an enjoyable experience? Yes very much so I could have happily sat and read it in one or two sittings if I didn’t have other things to do. 10- Would you recommend the book and if so to whom? I think I am more like to recommend Agatha Christie in general rather than this particular book but seeing as how so many of them have been made into tv programmes most people will know if they would like the books or not.

yes - I have been coming across a lot of these playing online scrabble (good job the other player can't see me looking it up to check) on a similar line of thought, have you ever realised you have been a certain phrase wrong. just today I read "dogged determination" I always thought it was "dog earred determination"

I have finished it now and I didn't cry. In fact I wasn't overly impressed by the ending I felt it was a bit "rushed" I still really enjoyed the book overall though. I really liked the writing style I found it refreshingly different. Cleave manage to use two techniques that I don't usually like in a way that didn't jar with me like they normally do, those styles being: "two handers" a story being told from two different points of view not only did Cleave use this style well but it made the story too "colloquialisms" normally I want to give up on books using colloquialisms but Cleave got them bang and and helped develop the characters so much more And as an added bonus it wasn't anywhere near as graphic as I had been lead to believe. I will give 8.5 /10 it gets marked down a point for the ending and half a point for the inclusion of the character Lawrence

Way back in 1996 I was studying A Level English at the time and we used to have to do book reports on books of our choosing, one time I chose To Kill A Mockingbird and I didn’t like it. I remember my tutor writing on the bottom of the book report that I should read it again as it really is a lovely book. I thought what is so lovely about it it’s just a book about some guy call Boo who no one ever sees. Over the years in many book discussions with friends I have often been told that I must read it again so after a while I started to think that perhaps I should give it another go seeing as how popular it is. I have finally re-read To Kill A Mockingbird and see that I did misinterpret the book and that it is actually a lot nicer than I gave it credit. Although saying that I still don’t see why so many people hold it so dear. Or perhaps knowing that it is so well loved meant me were too high. My favourite character was Atticus Fitch. I do have a soft spot for characters like Atticus those who always seem to know the right thing to say and the right way to behave and remain so calm all the time. I think this is because that’s how I would like to be myself but never seem to manage it. I did feel his pointing the finger of blame at Jem at the end of the book was very out of character and just didn’t ring true with me. Parts of the book I enjoyed was the child in Scout shining trough. Descriptions of school and her not being able to fathom out why her teacher didn’t like her being able to read and trying to stand up for the other children as this teacher was clearly clueless as to what they were thinking. I enjoyed the chapter where Calpurina took Jem and Scout to her own church and how the children preferred the atmosphere there compared to their own church. Something that I didn’t enjoy about the book was I felt that there was too much going on unnecessarily. I felt that Jem and Scout were strong enough characters on their own with out the need for Dill as well. I really didn’t see the need for the neighbour who wanted Jem to read to her I thought that this raised too many issues into the book. I also felt that there was an underlying story with Atticus’s health that was never really explored and felt that it should have either been dealt with or left out altogether. Overall I did enjoy the book just not as much as others. I was left feeling it was neither one thing nor another. I feel people often think of it as a book about racism but for me that that side of the book was rather watered down but then I saw a programme on bbc4 about the book and the time that it was written in and realised that it was sensitively written so not to cause controversy.

I think that would make a great book - I am thinking Miss Marple meets The Waltons oh and 53 isn't old.

I am currently reading this and I am itching to see what others think of it but know I need to finish it first. Sounds like I need to make sure I read the end at home rather than on the bus.

My at home books are childrens books at the moment (Harry Potter and Narnia)but I am too engrossed in my public books so haven't been getting very far was at home books